Impaired driving is a serious crime that kills more than 16000 people and injures 305000 others, every year, in the United States. Troopers, deputies, and officers will evaluate drivers for signs of alcohol impairment. Troopers, deputies, and officers will target those who operate a vehicle while impaired and take corrective actions for other violations observed, while ensuring the protection of all motorists. The Tennessee Highway Patrol, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department and the Clarksville Police Department recognize that sobriety checkpoints are highly visible and effective tools in the battle against impaired driving. The checkpoints and saturation patrol are being funded, in part, by the Governor’s Highway Safety Office. Raw video provided by freelancer Stephen Bolton Hyper Active Media for ClarksvilleEvents.com
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Press Confernce talking about the Memorial Day Weekend DUI Checkpoints and Saturation Patrols
Police Chase Ends In Stabbing, Shooting
Lafayette police released video and audio showing Paul Spencer attacking officers before he was gunned down last month. All LPD officers were cleared of any wrongdoing by both a review board and the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor. Video from cameras mounted on the dashboard of the cruisers show what led up to their actions in the early morning hours of October 19. The camera on the dashboard reads 4:53 am when Officer Jeff Webb spots the car driven by Paul Spencer, 39. It all started with an Emergency 911 call minutes earlier. “There’s a fire,” the caller told dispatch. “Somebody jumped out of the window.” Later the operator asks what kind of car the suspect is driving. “A black Cadillac,” the caller responded. Light rain was falling in the early morning hours but Officer Webb reports road conditions are favorable. Spencer headed back downtown where Officer Ron Dombkowski picks up the pursuit in front of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse. As the pursuit continues, more and more officers are visible on side streets. Spencer is wanted for questioning on the arson as well as battery on a woman. “I tried to get her to walk back to you,” the dispatch operator told the officers on the scene of the arson call. “She is refusing. She’s scared for her life.” As Spencer heads south on 9th Street, away from downtown, speeds pick up to 60 mph Spencer crashed into an embankment at 9th and Potomac. His front tire still spins as he gets out and attacks Officer Dombkowski with a knife …
Police Chase Motorcycle in Georgia
Georgia State Patrol chase after a guy they clocked doing well over 120 mph on the highway in Atlanta. At one point speeds hit well over 140 mph and the Troopers lost the suspect. Atlanta Police helicopter spotted the guy taking a break from the chase the guy spotted the Troopers coming for him and got back on the his motorcycle without his helmet and drove off and the chase ended when the Troopers boxed the suspect in and fell from his bike and was arrested. The chase lasted about 30 minutes. When the Troopers asked why he ran the guy said “I thought that I can out run you.”